20inchaurora
Aurora Passenger
"not your father's oldsmobile"
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Post by 20inchaurora on Oct 12, 2005 22:20:14 GMT -6
just curious if anyone else has done it. and if so, did you find it to be as much of a pain-in-the-butt as i did? i wrestled with the darn thing for about 20 minutes till i could get it in!
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Post by mission008 on Oct 13, 2005 5:57:25 GMT -6
i thought mine was tough to get out but after people came on here and said it was easy, i went out to my car to see for myself, and it was real easy, but i can see where you would have trouble with an aftermarket filter and not the factory replacement
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Post by Aurora40 on Oct 13, 2005 8:33:16 GMT -6
I changed mine. I didn't have any problems, it just pulls out.  |
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20inchaurora
Aurora Passenger
"not your father's oldsmobile"
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Post by 20inchaurora on Oct 13, 2005 10:32:15 GMT -6
getting it out wasnt the problem, i had a good amount of trouble getting the new one in. didnt get a GM replacement, just went with a carquest filter. it was perfectly flat, not like the factory one that has the bend in it, so i had to snap it myself. also, it was much more flimsy than the factory one....it got all skrunched up when i put it in
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Post by Aurora40 on Oct 13, 2005 11:01:58 GMT -6
Oh... Yeah it would probably be hard to put in a non-pre-bent one. The AC one was like $15 or so.
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Post by Custom88 on Oct 13, 2005 11:09:04 GMT -6
it took me less than a minute to change mine actually. I bought one at autozone. It cost me somewhere around $18. the Carbon filter was over $30 though. (the one that neutralizes outside odors.) |
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Post by auroralover on Oct 13, 2005 12:14:02 GMT -6
this is wierd, just changed mine last night, as well as fog light bulb. Filter cost me 15.98 at Advanced Auto Parts fog light bulb was 8.98. Took about 2 minutes to change the filter and about 20 minutes for fog light.
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Post by Marc on Oct 13, 2005 16:22:49 GMT -6
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bufo
Aurora Owner
Beautiful North Carolina
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Post by bufo on Oct 14, 2005 8:51:38 GMT -6
I opened the filter compartment--there was no filter in it! Do I just buy one and drop it in? 2003 model.
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Post by Custom88 on Oct 14, 2005 9:17:09 GMT -6
The 2003 might not have the air filter. I know that the 2003+ Bonnevilles did not have them as a "cost cutting" measure. If you don't have the bracket, you won't be able to fit the filter in there. The Bracket is black.. If you just see body-colored sheet metal inside that cover you don't have the bracket to install the air filter.
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Post by oldsfanatic on Oct 14, 2005 19:36:42 GMT -6
The actual filter as an option.
Wow!
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Post by Aurora40 on Oct 15, 2005 6:34:39 GMT -6
I know they did that to Bonnies, but I didn't think they did it to Auroras. On the Bonnie, the passenger air filter didn't show up on the sticker. They did sneak it out, but they didn't misrepresent it. I don't recall the 2003 Aurora's having that item removed? Did you own the car from new bufo?
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bufo
Aurora Owner
Beautiful North Carolina
Posts: 555
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Post by bufo on Oct 16, 2005 9:03:07 GMT -6
I know they did that to Bonnies, but I didn't think they did it to Auroras. On the Bonnie, the passenger air filter didn't show up on the sticker. They did sneak it out, but they didn't misrepresent it. I don't recall the 2003 Aurora's having that item removed? Did you own the car from new bufo?No. Bought it used. I read the other thread and it seems that the air filter was optional on all 2003s! |
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Post by betonthis1 on Oct 16, 2005 16:43:19 GMT -6
man that sucks that we dont have one. looking at that pic of a replaced one was gross.
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